Ok, so Lost season finale was a few days ago. Being late on the report will not stop me. Because I feel obligated to share so important connections I've made (and apparently so has JJ).
Current views of reality do not take into consideration the existence of time travel.
Speaking now of the minute scale of quarks in sub atomic experiments. These experiments are of course subject to the (albeit, in a droning tone) Law of Accelerating Returns. This makes time travel in the not-too-distant future plausible.
If JJ is an informed young man he no-doubt knows this.
What does this have to do with Lost?
Consider this idea: if time travel does exist in the close future (100-200 year time frame), in a way we can't yet imagine perhaps every moment of reality is the subject of alteration of our future-selves meddling in the past. Or perhaps not our future selves, but our godly offspring that transcends time, i.e. the neohuman singularity.
If this is the point of Lost then the nanomachine smoke makes sense, and the immortal Jacob. Both elements of very common science fiction based on technological trends of today.
So, how about JJ on Star Trek? Alternate time line created albeit accidentally but with the same, subtle ramifications. My current concept for Lost season six would be to have them in the future utopia where the world benefits from the power of the island (and hopefully also technology advancement), but it's clear that the island is somewhat of a metaphor for this trend.
A trend that is a major plot point in JJ's other work, Fringe.
Putting these pieces together is nothing new, but establishing that technology can be a spiritual guiding light is not.
This is what I believe we have here: a child of a technology era with a very special insight on how humans change themselves, and what it can mean on a flexible timescale. The latter of which is something he seems more focused on than me.
Yet, I think it is very clear that JJ Abrams does have an expectation for the Singularity. He seems motivated by this belief that the world is accelerating into something out-of-control.
My last point of evidence comes from the name of his production company 'Bad Robot'. Two words when combined spell the WORST CASE SCENARIO for future intelligent machines.
Tuesday, May 19
Lost Season Five: A look back
Posted by John at 5/19/2009 05:46:00 PM
Labels: accelerating returns, television
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